Flow enhancement in pipeline transportation for heavy crude oil emulsion

Stable concentrated oil in water (01W) emulsions was prepared and their application for heavy oil pipeline transportation was investigated using very viscous Malaysian heavy crude oil. Malaysian heavy crude oil samples namely Miri were used to produce heavy crude oil- in-water emulsions. Historicall...

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Main Author: Nurul Hafiza, Norden
Format: Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10195/
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description Stable concentrated oil in water (01W) emulsions was prepared and their application for heavy oil pipeline transportation was investigated using very viscous Malaysian heavy crude oil. Malaysian heavy crude oil samples namely Miri were used to produce heavy crude oil- in-water emulsions. Historically, demand for heavy and additional-heavy oil has been marginal because of their high viscosity and composition complexity that make them hard and expensive to produce, transport and refine. Presently, there are three general approaches for transportation of heavy and extra heavy oil which are viscosity reduction, drag minimization and in-situ oil enhancement This 3 conventional method required high cost. Hence, our scope of study approached is to convert the 95% of w/o in pipeline to o/w technique by using the advantage of water to carry the oil This method is a promising cost effective and shorten the time of the transportation The expected result based on the reference was revealed that the stability of the oil-in-water emulsion stabilized by Triton X-100 increased as the surfactant concentration increases, with a consecutive decrease in the crude oil—water interfacial tension (IFT). Larger the oil content, the speed and duration of mixing, while increases in the temperature of the homogenization process substantially reduced the viscosity of the prepared emulsions.
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spelling ump-101952021-07-26T08:05:16Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10195/ Flow enhancement in pipeline transportation for heavy crude oil emulsion Nurul Hafiza, Norden TP Chemical technology Stable concentrated oil in water (01W) emulsions was prepared and their application for heavy oil pipeline transportation was investigated using very viscous Malaysian heavy crude oil. Malaysian heavy crude oil samples namely Miri were used to produce heavy crude oil- in-water emulsions. Historically, demand for heavy and additional-heavy oil has been marginal because of their high viscosity and composition complexity that make them hard and expensive to produce, transport and refine. Presently, there are three general approaches for transportation of heavy and extra heavy oil which are viscosity reduction, drag minimization and in-situ oil enhancement This 3 conventional method required high cost. Hence, our scope of study approached is to convert the 95% of w/o in pipeline to o/w technique by using the advantage of water to carry the oil This method is a promising cost effective and shorten the time of the transportation The expected result based on the reference was revealed that the stability of the oil-in-water emulsion stabilized by Triton X-100 increased as the surfactant concentration increases, with a consecutive decrease in the crude oil—water interfacial tension (IFT). Larger the oil content, the speed and duration of mixing, while increases in the temperature of the homogenization process substantially reduced the viscosity of the prepared emulsions. 2014-01 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10195/1/NURUL%20HAFIZA%20NORDEN.PDF Nurul Hafiza, Norden (2014) Flow enhancement in pipeline transportation for heavy crude oil emulsion. Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang.
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Nurul Hafiza, Norden
Flow enhancement in pipeline transportation for heavy crude oil emulsion
title Flow enhancement in pipeline transportation for heavy crude oil emulsion
title_full Flow enhancement in pipeline transportation for heavy crude oil emulsion
title_fullStr Flow enhancement in pipeline transportation for heavy crude oil emulsion
title_full_unstemmed Flow enhancement in pipeline transportation for heavy crude oil emulsion
title_short Flow enhancement in pipeline transportation for heavy crude oil emulsion
title_sort flow enhancement in pipeline transportation for heavy crude oil emulsion
topic TP Chemical technology
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10195/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10195/1/NURUL%20HAFIZA%20NORDEN.PDF